SWINGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swinging mean? 

• SWINGING (noun)
  The noun SWINGING has 1 sense:

1. changing location by moving back and forth

  Familiarity information: SWINGING used as a noun is very rare.

• SWINGING (adjective)
  The adjective SWINGING has 1 sense:

1. characterized by a buoyant rhythm

  Familiarity information: SWINGING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWINGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing location by moving back and forth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

swing; swinging; vacillation

Hypernyms ("swinging" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Derivation:

swing (hang freely)

• SWINGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by a buoyant rhythm

Synonyms:

lilting; swinging; swingy; tripping

Context example:

a tripping singing measure

Similar:

rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)

 Context examples 

“Certainly,” said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But, see here, Jim—tit for tat—you save Long John from swinging.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Lattice-paned, lead framework, three separate windows, one swinging on hinge, and large enough to admit a man.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, ere the sun was on the slope of the heavens, they had deftly trussed up again, and were swinging merrily upon their way, two hundred feet moving like two.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I seemed swinging in a mighty rhythm through orbit vastness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and peering down into the hole.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Doors that used to be locked shut are swinging open to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He was swinging a towel in front of Harrison as he spoke, whilst Baldwin mopped him with the sponge.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A fastening device for a swinging part usually consisting of a bar that is retained in a slot.

(Latch Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)